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my husband just caught me picking a few hours ago. I went in the bathroom to look at a mosquito bite that I got on my shoulder. He was cooking in the other room so I looked in the mirror and saw a zit that needed to be picked on my forehead. But that was the ONLY one that needed to be picked. 20 minutes later he comes in and is like "what are you doing? you need to stop". I'm bummed because I feel like I have been doing really well with not picking unecessarily lately. Guess I still need to cover the mirror - darn mosquito bite started it!

I almost feel like I enter into a haze when I pick... like I loose track of time and get so fixated on the next elated feeling from when I extract something.

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I wish my picking was confined to the mirror that I could avoid... it isn't (though that does save my face!) Right now i'm still struggling with my cuticles and biting my cheeks. My mouth is in pain from biting yesterday--- I was very anxious and not really focusing on what I was doing and... whoops.... it's a mess.

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yup, I enter that haze too! Eyeballing a mosquito bite & 30 minutes later you're still in front of the mirror with a red, angry face. I guess you should be thankful he caught you before you could do more damage?

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@roxystar4 I hear you. When I get caught & hear "What are you doing" I get mad & frustrated; mad that I'm picking, frustrated/embarrassed I got caught. My punishment... he goes for my back & "helps me". My bacne are so painful. I use the Murad spray, and wipe my chest & back with toner, after I use the pad on my face, but I still have breakouts.

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I still get some. I workout a lot, and even if I shower right away, I still get breakouts. I have them on my chest too, but they aren't as bad. I think part of it is I have long hair (past my bra strap), but I still get them in the winter even when I'm covered up. I exfoliate my chest & back with the PTR blemish buffing beads & use the Murad spray

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@dannyc- do you use body wash before or after rinsing out your conditioner? I discovered the oils in my conditioner were causing a lot of acne, and once I switched to using body wash after the conditioner was rinsed out, I saw a huge difference.

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the mosquito bite was just what led me to the picking. It was going into the bathroom with a mirror at night to look at the mosquito bite but then I looked up at my face and saw a zit... and it all spiraled from there.

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The funny thing is I have been very good about not picking at my skin. Idk why I just have never really been a picker. But my boyfriend on the other hand he is a really bad picker. And as soon as he sees that I have a pimple or a blackhead he absolutely has to pop it! it is so irritating and frustrating because I tell him that he is causing damage to my skin. But he does it anyways! I don't mind if he pops the blackheads since that is like the only way I can seem to get rid of them. But if he pops a pimple it stays red for like two weeks! So any suggestions on what products to use to help eliminate blackheads or pimples would be awesome! haha

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So i think i finally have my picking under control!! And my skin has definitely thanked me for it. It feels so much better and my breakouts are getting better, scars are lightening up. It's so worth it even though it's extremely hard!! I did pick at one spot that i can never leave alone, and i regretted it soooo much! I hope every one is improving on their issues, whether picking their face, cuticles, or anything else!